ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Slum-ridden

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Slum-ridden is an adjective meaning (of a populated area) Full of slums.

Meaning

(of a populated area) Full of slums.

Example Sentences

Pearson's first idea, set out in 1839, was for a railway in a wide, covered-over cutting. It would connect a giant half-underground station at Farringdon with stations all over England. [...] The appeal of Farringdon was that this slum-ridden area was being redeveloped by Pearson's new employers, the Corporation of London.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slummy, poverty-ridden, slumlike, scum-ridden, waste-ridden, crime-ridden.

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